Hi everyone, decided to keep a sort of online journal here, if that's ok! Wanted to share how it's been going, now that it's been...oh dear, a few months now? With my El Natural set up. How it started: I quickly realize there wasn't nearly enough plants, I had to resort to putting in carbon...

Hello all, been into tanks for decades now and on a different planted tank forum for years and recently found this forum that seemed more equiped to assist in my current delima. I finally got a Fluval Spec III this May and got everything set up for a betta tank. Four months later im at a...

I just built my first 5 gallon natural fish tank with soil, gravel, and plants for my betta fish Poppy. I've been testing the water quality with the "API 5 in 1" test strips, which my local aquarium store says they use. The results in both my current 2.6 gallon tank (where my fish currently is)...

I asked a similar question a few days ago, and mistergreen was very helpful. Thanks. However, maybe I asked the wrong question. Here we go. If money is no object (be reasonable) what is the best CO2 system for a 180 gallon freshwater set up. The tank already has a good number of plants and...

Day 1 versus day 35 I know I haven't been following the Walstad method strictly in terms of plant choice, but I want to try things out and see what happens. :p Tank size: 10 gallon Substrate: 1 inch organic soil, topped with 1/2 inch 2-3mm size dark gravel Temperature 24-26 Celcius pH 7.5...